Stealers. Useless. I'm tiring of doing my own work, but I am unware of who to turn to to get it done right.

 

Isn't there some requirement pertaining to opening the lines to the oil cooler up front? I'd love to do this myself...so drain plug, plus two turbo plugs, and a pan that can hold 5 gallons?

 

I'm new in here, and agressively looking to buy a 01 996 T. I played mainly with japanese rice rockets (cars and bikes) "still have my babied Honda RC51", I do all the works myself, and happy to do it.... I hope the oil change on the 996 T is not too difficult. I have no problem being a greese monkey for thee weeekend... :-)

 

It's a little harder than putting gas in the car...

 

RdRunner, that aint no rice rocket you are trying to buy, leave the work to the experts or expect to "pay" the consequences.
Although I was thinking of taking my own tonsils out myself.

 

I have been changing my oil on all of my cars, trucks, and tractors for over 25 years, but never my Benz (under maintenance contract) or my Turbo S. If something goes wrong, the warranty is void and trying to save a buck on oil (and I totally understand if the car is not new and under warranty) may come back to screw you in the end. I figure, spending $300 on an oil change once a year is not that big of a deal.

 

I drain the oil from the case and from the oil tank-generally in the neighborhood of 9+ quarts, so that 5 gallon pan will be fine. I don't bother with the turbo's themselves, and neither do most dealers I have spoken with (they claim it is not part of the Porsche recommended service). There are some great how-to's on the procedure at the Renntech site.

I would never bring my own oil and expect to save money by doing so. What you are paying for is the cost of having your car in those very expensive repair bays and having the work done by very expensive mechanics. If you bring your own oil, your car is going to spend more time in the bay and the mechanics are going to spend more time working on it. If it was my shop, I would charge anyboody who wanted to BYOO the equivalent of a corkage fee, maybe $15/quart.

 

Actually, I believe factory shop manual says this....(but with 10 points & greater detail):

1. Drain oil from engine
2. Drain oil from each turbo (ea has a plug)
3. Pump remaining oil fromoil filter housing
4. Replace all plugs with new seals, install new filter & add 8.5 of oil
5. Start engine, check for leaks, warm it up, check level and top it off

Agree that a certain amount of work on the car can be rewarding.....back when I only had a couple cars I did it.........now, no time, and scaled back to just some prep work for events......i.e. changing wheels, pads, etc..........in Midwest, oil change at a good tuner (using above procedure) is $150 - $175.

 

Dustman,

We can do your oil changes here at Advanced Motorsport Solutions . We are located in the City of Carson, behind IKEA next to 405/110.

Using all genuine porsche parts for your oil change, our price to Rennlist Members is a flat $190. This includes tax, hazmat, free espresso while you wait watching our bigscreen tv, etc!

 

Don't you guys specialize in Audi and VW?

 

I bring the oil and filter and my Indy does it for $25.00 labor. Best deal ever!

 

We've have done a few custom tuning one off projects for P-car's already; in addition to this we've already R&D kits, done countless of installs, service, alignments, etc. for Porsche's.

And the quality of our work speaks for itself:

Sport Compact Car, May 2006 Pg: 90 (on our AMS Race Car)

"Pat's car proves the point by not suffering a single engine problem throughout the 2005 [NASA Time trial] seaon, a mute testament to the strenght of the engine and AMS's tuning skills"